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If Xiao Yan had burned his Emperor body to fight before recovering from his injuries,
he truly would have had no choice but to await death;
but now, he at least had a chance to escape.
Though it sounded rather pathetic,
when life and death were at stake, what was pride worth?
As long as he stayed alive, endless possibilities remained!
"We'll find out when the time comes."
There was no point in making harsh threats now. Better to wait for the right moment and strike like thunder!
Besides...
Xiao Yan sensed another aura gradually awakening deep within his soul,
and his heart surged with excitement.
Ancestor Xiao Xuan, the day of their reunion was close at hand!
[As Hun Tiandi performed a blood sacrifice across the Central Plains, Xiao Yan was receiving the Dou Di Inheritance!] [The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill was not the only path to becoming a Dou Di!] [Moreover, this pill was ultimately only an embryonic form, which was why it required such an immense and complicated blood sacrifice!] [An Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill refined through this method could help one advance to Dou Di, but it would hinder any breakthrough into a higher realm.] [Furthermore, because it contained baleful blood qi, one's temperament would become cruel and bloodthirsty after becoming a Dou Di!] [Of course, to Hun Tiandi, as long as he could step into the Dou Di realm, none of these costs mattered.] [But compared with the inheritance Xiao Yan had obtained, Hun Tiandi's method was undoubtedly inferior.] [The Dou Di Inheritance Xiao Yan had received was the true, upright path!] [Time flew by. Half a year passed in the outside world, while three years had elapsed within the Heavenly Tomb!] [During these six months, the Dou Qi Continent had become a living hell. Only the Sky Mansion Alliance still retained a trace of life!] [One day, Hun Tiandi finally emerged from seclusion!] [Having entered the Dou Di realm, he did not hesitate to refine Nihility Devouring Flame into his natal flame.] [Even when Nihility Devouring Flame threatened him with the lives of the entire Soul Clan, Hun Tiandi remained unmoved.] [He had always been willing to do anything to achieve his goals.] [Whether Soul Clan members, living beings of the Central Plains, or other races, all could become bargaining chips for sacrifice!] [Such ruthlessness was the very mark of a true overlord!] [After emerging from seclusion, Hun Tiandi grew ever more bloodthirsty under the influence of the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill.] [With a casual tear, he shattered the Sky Mansion Alliance's defenses, severely wounding two late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng experts in an instant.] [With a flick of his sleeve, corpses carpeted the ground!] [There was no longer any need for blood sacrifices. Slaughter brought him no benefit.] [Yet Hun Tiandi had not only become a Dou Di—he had also fallen onto the demonic path! Rather than calling him Soul Emperor, it was more fitting to call him the Devil Emperor!] [Why would a Devil Emperor need a reason to kill?]
The despair permeating the projection swept across the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.
In such a desperate situation,
the only hope rested entirely on Xiao Yan!
If he did not emerge from seclusion soon,
then even if he succeeded and emerged later, it would already be too late!
Once all his family and friends had perished,
even if he became a Dou Di, how could he bring the dead back to life?
Shrouding Heavens World—
Faced with the desperate situation shown in the projection,
Ye Fan merely sipped his tea unhurriedly.
To him, the plight shown on screen
was far gentler than what the Shrouding Heavens World had endured.
The living beings of the Dou Qi Continent had clearly never truly experienced oppression.
Only those who knew the truth of the Shrouding Heavens World
understood what true despair was!
If not for the Desolate Heavenly Emperor carving out a path through brambles and thorns,
holding on bitterly until Ye Fan and Chu Feng rose to power,
this world would still be livestock raised by others—
with a batch selected at regular intervals, slaughtered, and harvested.
Thus, in Ye Fan's eyes,
the world in the projection had not yet reached the point of true despair.
He had already endured despair far deeper than this countless times.
Besides...
They were only facing one Hun Tiandi.
Wasn't Xiao Yan still there?
In a one-on-one battle like this,
Ye Fan firmly believed that a Child of Destiny like Xiao Yan would never lose.
[Facing Hun Tiandi's overwhelming pressure, the members of the Sky Mansion Alliance rose up in resistance!] [Unfortunately, all of it was ultimately futile. At most, they could only delay the moment of death slightly.] [Just as Zhu Kun was on the verge of despair, at that critical moment, dazzling flames abruptly swept across the entire Central Plains!] [Completely unlike that bloody and violent aura, this magnificent sea of fire burned fiercely while radiating a warmth that put people at ease!] [At the same time, the auras of Xiao Ding, Xiao Xiao, and the other members of the Xiao Clan suddenly soared!] [Everyone understood—he had returned!] [Hun Tiandi, who was ravaging the Central Plains, underwent a drastic change in expression. He abruptly looked toward the void, only to see a magnificent flame blossom out of thin air!] [The next moment, the flames condensed into form, and a refined young man appeared before Hun Tiandi!] ["Xiao Yan? Impossible! How could you have become a Dou Di?!"] [Hun Tiandi's incredulous roar echoed across the entire continent!] [No one could comprehend the immense shock that struck Hun Tiandi's heart when he saw Xiao Yan appear in the form of a Dou Di!] [How long had it even been? A mere half year!] [Before he refined the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, Xiao Yan had only been a Seven-Star Dou Sheng. Even with an Emperor Realm Soul, he could at most rival an early-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng.] [Yet in the blink of an eye, the other party had actually become his equal!] [One had to know that he had accumulated a thousand years of cultivation at the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm!] [Only by relying on the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill had he finally broken through his shackles!] [What he lacked was merely that wisp of Source Qi within the embryonic pill!] [If not for the limitation of Source Qi, he would have taken that step long ago!] [Even if Xiao Yan obtained the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to break through with it!] [Yet at this moment, the other party truly stood before him in the form of a Dou Di!] [This fact nearly shattered Hun Tiandi's Dao heart!] [Even his face, usually as still as an ancient well, twisted violently from shock!]
Witnessing Hun Tiandi's loss of composure, viewers across the Heavens and Myriad Worlds all smiled knowingly.
This truly was a rare sight!
Ever since Hun Tiandi had appeared, every development had remained under his control.
Whether it was seizing the Tou She Ancient God Jade, obtaining the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill,
or setting up that earth-shaking grand formation in advance,
every step had been within his calculations!
From the moment he appeared, he had brought the world a suffocating sense of oppression!
Even Xiao Yan, this Child of Destiny, had repeatedly suffered setbacks at his hands!
Until now, a variable far beyond Hun Tiandi's expectations had finally appeared!
Xiao Yan, the greatest variable of all, had descended in the form of a Dou Di!
This completely exceeded Hun Tiandi's understanding!
Not only Hun Tiandi,
even the viewers from the Heavens and Myriad Worlds who had witnessed everything found Xiao Yan's breakthrough utterly inconceivable.
From Seven-Star Dou Sheng, he had directly crossed Eight-Star and Nine-Star, ascending into the Dou Di realm!
Even if he had obtained the Dou Di Inheritance,
such a leap was still difficult to comprehend!
Moreover, this inheritance could only be accepted by Xiao Yan, who possessed the spirit of Heavenly Flames!
Otherwise, how could Zhu Kun, a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, have missed such an opportunity?
He had been schemed against by the Tou She Ancient God and trapped for a thousand years!
Had his greed not arisen back then, he would not have ended up in such a state.
Thus, though this Dou Di Inheritance seemed to grant the continent hope,
it was actually the strongest trump card tailor-made for Xiao Yan!
Of course, if Xiao Yan had not refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and condensed the spirit of Heavenly Flames,
he likely would not have gained the recognition of the Tou She Ancient God either.
In essence,
from the moment Xiao Yan began cultivating the Burning Mantra,
he had already embarked upon a path leading exclusively to that inheritance.
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